Victor Chernov
| Viktor Chernov | |
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| Chairman of the Russian Constituent Assembly | |
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In office January 18, 1918 – January 19, 1918 |
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| Born |
Viktor Mikhailovich Chernov December 7, 1873 Novouzensk, Russian Empire |
| Died | April 15, 1952 (aged 78) New York, USA |
| Political party |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Mensheviks) (1898–1912) Socialist Revolutionary Party (1912–1940) |
| Occupation | Revolutionary, political activist, minister, writer |
Víktor Mikháilovich Chernóv (Russian: Ви́ктор Миха́йлович Черно́в; December 7, 1873 – April 15, 1952) was a Russian revolutionary and one of the founders of the Russian Socialist-Revolutionary Party. He was the primary party theoretician or the 'brain' of the party, and was more analyst than political leader. Following February Revolution of 1917, Chernov was Minister for Agriculture in the Russian Provisional Government. Later on, he was Chairman of the Russian Constituent Assembly.
Viktor Chernov was born in Novouzensk, a town southeast of Saratov in Samara guberniya. He was the son of a former serf peasant who had risen to become a low-level functionary in the local civil service.
Chernov attended gymnasium in Saratov, a hotbed of radicalism, where he joined a populist discussion circle in which he studied the works of Nikolay Dobrolyubov and Nikolay Mikhaylovsky. His radical proclivities attracted the attention of the local police and Chernov transferred to school in Iurev for his final year of study.
Chernov enrolled in the Law department of Moscow University, where he once again joined a radical discussion circle, defending populist views against Marxists. He was arrested for his political activities in the spring of 1894 and spent 9 months in Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg. Following his incarceration, Chernov was sentenced to a period of administrative exile in central Russia.
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